A new species of millipede with 1306 legs has been found in Australia, and the research team describes it as "the most legged creature on the planet."
This was announced by research teams such as Virginia Tech in the United States in the scientific journal "Scientific Reports" dated 16th.
From last year onwards, the research team discovered eight new species of millipedes, string-like elongated, in a hole dug in western Australia for mineral exploration.
Of these, the largest female found near 60 meters underground was approximately 9.5 cm long and less than 1 mm thick, with a whole body divided into 330 nodes and 1306 legs.
Males, on the other hand, were smaller and had the largest number of legs, 818.
The millipede is called "millipede" which means "1000 legs" in English, but according to the research team, the most legged millipede known so far was 750.
It was the first time to actually discover a species with more than 1000 legs, and the scientific name was named "Eumilipes Persephone" which means "true 1000 legs".
The research team analyzes that the new species millipede is "the most legged creature on earth" and may be moving around deep underground, narrow gaps, using many small legs.
"It was so small that it took a lot of time to accurately count the number of legs," said Bruno Buzzat, a biologist on the research team.